Michael Berkeley (1948-)
Catch Me If You Can
Quintette pour clarinette
Winter Fragments
Sonnet for Orpheus, extrait de "Three Rilke Sonnets"
Seven

Fleur Barron, mezzo-soprano
Luke Russel, flûte alto, flûte piccolo
Emily Cockbill, hautbois, cor anglais
Sarah Hatch, percussion
Helen Sharp, harpe
Ensemble Berkeley
Dominic Grier, direction

Following on from their lauded recording of chamber works by their namesake, Lennox Berkeley, the Berkeley Ensemble – celebrating their 10th anniversary – return to Resonus Classics to turn their attention to the music of his son, Michael. In the year of his 70th birthday, the ensemble record a selection of Michael’s chamber works from across the last thirty-five years, including the virtuosic Catch Me if You Can and the Clarinet Quintet. The Ensemble are joined by mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron and conductor Dominic Grier for Winter Fragments, Sonnet for Orpheus, and the poignant Seven.